portraying, evoking the essence of things through art…

using metallic leaf with Japanese Nihonga techniques, exploring leafing/gilding techniques and metallic art materials in general...

verification of my attraction to Asian ways of perceiving and creating in quotations like this one from flower artist Azuma Makoto! Such beautiful expressions. Art as essence and honoring. The divine is everywhere.

making invasive pigments watercolors, exploring plants used as art media…

Healdsburg artist date. Flowers make me happy and appear in some of my paintings and photography. Looking at beautiful things like flowers feels healing to my eyes and heart.

Paul Klee: a story of experiencing joy from creating a magical painting in his art studio. Inspiration for artists…

what creativity and creation are: the expression of joy…

mending and healing the planet: Audrey Flack on the transcendental purpose of art…

Jean Arp on the source of all creativity,. how to access it….

"Beyond all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." Joseph Campbell on the transcendental purpose of art…

“Praise is the practice of Art.” William Blake

Jean Cocteau, definition of art: "Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious." Everything we see influences our art and forms its heart.

"Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet." Paul Klee inspiration.